Excerpt from American Bibliography, Vol. 5 Following the plan of peaceful opposition, which had been successful in the agitation of the stamp-act, on the initiative of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, a Gen eral Congress of all the Colonies was called to meet at Philadelphia on the fifth of September, 1774, to take such action as would express the sentiments of the American Colonies on the measures instituted by the British government against them. In most of the Colonies who should represent them was determined by their known position upon public questions, which made the action of the representatives from twelve of the Colonies who met in General Congress on that day practically unanimous. As the result of their deliberations, they formed An Associa tion, or solemn league and covenant not to import goods from Great Britain, and not to buy any goods which shall be imported from thence until their grievances were redressed, and framed A List of Grievances'; formulated with the greatest ability and judgment, a Bill of Rights pre pared An Address to the people of Great Britain together with A Memorial to their fellow citizens in the British American Colonies and An Address to the inhabitants of the Province of Quebec. In all this they acted with the same calm judgment and moderation, and pursued the same course which had formerly been successful, and which they now confidently believed would decide the issues in the interests of the Colonies. Never before, probably, were the actions of a deliberative body more anxiously awaited, or more cordially approved. The intensity of the general interest in their proceedings being shown by nearly every press in the Colonies printing the Extracts from the Votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.